Medical expense relief discussed The Treasury has started consultation on changing the tax treatment of out-of-pocket and catastrophic medical expenses.20 Jun 201120 Jun 2011 WhatsappPrintPDFXLinked-inFacebookMore sharing optionsIt released a discussion document outlining three options for a tax credit system for medical aid contributions to be introduced by March next year, and called for submissions to be made before 31 October. Read on.